Emdad Rahman THE BARKING Al Madina Centre has won recognition for its fantastic community work by winning the 2017 Spirit of 2012 Connecting Communities Award at this year’s Lycamobile British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards (BEDSAs). The prestigious award came about ...

POLICE HAVE MADE a total of eight arrests following last Friday’s late night attack on a young Iranian Kurdish man who was waiting at a Croydon bus stop. Police had previously classified the attack as a hate crime and have ...

IN A CHILLING echo of the brutal murder of Stephen Lawrence, which took place 24 years ago next month, a young male asylum seeker has been attacked while waiting at a south-east London bus stop. The asylum seeker, a Kurdish ...

LONDONERS ARE looking forward to a break over the Easter weekend – and fortunately most of the public transport network will be available to take you round the capital. However, there are a few exceptions where services will be closed ...

TWO FAR RIGHT groups have chosen April Fool’s Day to air their racist views in central London. The English Defence League (EDL) and Britain First (BF) have joined forces to call a demonstration allegedly in response to the recent individual ...

Emdad Rahman MIAMI CAR WASH held a full weekend charity car wash to help raise money for two good causes. One beneficiary was the Muslim Charity’s Love Rohingya Campaign in support of the persecuted Rohingya people of Burma and the second ...

Emdad Rahman A FUN Cricket Camp for children of all levels is coming to Leyton Sports Ground this Easter. Leyton Wicketz Cricket Club will deliver coaching to boys and girls from 8 years to 15 years. •For more information contact Sajid ...

Emdad Rahman THE YOUNG Zeeshan Siddique of Newark Youth FC has been rewarded for his outstanding progress with a Jack Petchey Award. The youngster joined Newark in 2014 as a defender, but switched roles to become an outstanding goalkeeper. Zeeshan has ...

Emdad Rahman PLAY WITH A legend – the home of former footballers – has announced a return to Brisbane Road on Monday, 8th May 2017. Club legends John Mackie, Gary Alexander and Kevin Lisbie will take to the field to ...

ON THURSDAY, 30th March at approximately 8.30pm, a motor scooter collided with a pedestrian in Green Lanes, Dagenham, near the junction with Grafton Lane. The London Ambulance Service attended and the pedestrian, a 50 year old man, was pronounced dead ...